Your Aunt,who Has Several Bad Habits,recently Found Out She Is

question 40

Multiple Choice

Your aunt,who has several bad habits,recently found out she is pregnant.What is the best advice you can give her?

• A) Quit drinking immediately.
• B) Quit smoking immediately, but an occasional drink is probably okay.
• C) She has already harmed her fetus.
• D) She can smoke and drink when the baby is in the fetal period.

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Definitions:

Cognitive Mediational

Relating to the theory that cognitive processes mediate the relationship between stimuli and emotional responses.

Schachter and Singer

Psychologists who proposed the two-factor theory of emotion, suggesting that emotion comes from a combination of physiological arousal and cognitive labeling of that arousal.

Nucleus Accumbens

A brain structure that plays a central role in the reward circuit, associated with pleasure, reinforcement learning, and addiction.

Limbic System

A complex system of nerves and networks in the brain, involved in basic emotions such as fear and pleasure, and drives like those for food and sex.